Scorpion! (living, to move, food)

[pams73]

Originally Posted by berncohomes

About 6-8"

Really?!?!?!? Maybe I don't want to move back out there.........

I'm an outdoors nut, but I think I would scream like a little girl if I saw one of those.....especially in my house.

[AdamsWest]

See, I don't care a whit about spiders, tarantulas or scorpions. I mean I don't want them on me, but I'd just sweep them up and toss them out. But if I see a live snake I will die. Just drop dead where I stand from sudden cardiac death. I saw a dead one (which my husband said was a bull snake) on the side walk from about 30 feet away and was physically ill for the rest of the day. Shaking, vomiting and a nervous wreck, and then I had nightmares about snakes for almost a week. Yes, seriously.

We have lizards on the back porch. So far, that's it.

[pams73]

So I'm the exact opposite of you, Adamswest.......

Snakes don't bother me a bit, I just walk around them or use a long pole to shoo them away. But spiders and anything else with more than 4 legs give me the serious heeby-jeebies. One time, I got chased across my living room by a large brown spider (wood spider, I assume, since it was TN) and jumped up on the coffee table until my cat came and "took care of" it. We won't even discuss the cussing and crying that happened when I crawled into a cave passage only to discover the walls were covered in spiders.

I suppose sweeping them (spiders, scorpions and such) out the door would be a good option though......how often do they really get inside houses out there?

[aries63]

Bullsnakes are harmless to people. There are rattlesnakes in the foothills, sorry to say, AdamsWest. That's the only place I've seen them (and I don't live there). In fact a friend of mine who regularly runs in the foothills said that the rattlesnakes are more numerous and active now, he is seeing more of them on his runs. Friends in the foothills have mentioned finding them in the garage or outside the house.

Maybe go to the Rattlesnake Museum in Old Town for desensitization!

I have never seen a snake or a scorpion in 22 years in more central (older) neighborhoods in Albuquerque. Actually, I have never seen a scorpion, period (except at the zoo). If they eat roaches I'll take them.

[berncohomes]

Originally Posted by AdamsWest

We have lizards on the back porch. So far, that's it.

What do you think the snakes like to eat?

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by bentlyslc

I live in far NE and saw a scorpion tonight. It was about 2 inches long, light brown in color. It was on my stucco wall about 2 ft above the ground and right next to my door. It rests its pincer on the side. I Googled some information, I think it may be a bark scorpion. My wife was panic, so I killed it immediately without having a chance to take a picture. I was wondering if my observation was correct. How do you identify a bark scorpion? Thanks.

Light tan and 2 inches is the standard description of a bark scorpion. They are not native here either but come in on plants from AZ.

The way to tell if they are around is to buy a black light...wait until it is good and dark and go look in your yard and around your house. The little buggers fluoresce very nicely. Then you can kill them if you like. Hit them with something.

[Poncho_NM]

All scorpions fluoresce (glow) under ultraviolet light. So if you want to hunt them at night, their most active period use a ultraviolet light.

Rich

[AdamsWest]

Bernco, that was just plain mean!

I don't care if it is a cobra, anaconda or a garden or grass snake. A snake is a snake and my reaction is the same to all of them. Just writing the word is freaking me out. So, these things (ahem) in the foothills, when are they going to go away? Because I like hiking and I don't want to risk seeing one even from a great distance. It really would not be good for my mental health. No joke. So I have to stay out of the open space I guess, until they go away. If I see one near my house, I'm moving sooner than planned!

[Northanna_2001]

Does anyone know if there is a problem with snakes in the East Mountain Area... specifically around 7,000 ft (Sandia Park area) ? I sure hope not. I had been thinking that this area would be similar in many respects to the Colorado area (Green Mountain Falls 7,000 feet) where we lived at one time and had 0 hassles with reptiles.

[bentlyslc]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Light tan and 2 inches is the standard description of a bark scorpion. They are not native here either but come in on plants from AZ.

The way to tell if they are around is to buy a black light...wait until it is good and dark and go look in your yard and around your house. The little buggers fluoresce very nicely. Then you can kill them if you like. Hit them with something.

Just received the UV light (LED) ordered online. Charging the battery and will have to battle with the scorpions tomorrow night. My wife said she can't wait till the weekend when I have more time. I was lucky that she didn't ask me to do it tonight. I hate scorpions, the kind that bothers my wife.....eventually bothers me....